Big Bad Code » asides http://bigbadcode.com this blog is retired. I'm leaving it up as a reference Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:49:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My Year in Cities, 2008 http://bigbadcode.com/2008/12/30/my-year-in-cities-2008/ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/12/30/my-year-in-cities-2008/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:40:09 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/?p=209 Following Jason Kottke’s example here is my year in cities for 2008 (at least as far as I can remember offhand):

    1. Big Sur, CA
    2. Los Angeles, CA
    3. Cupertino, CA
    4. Santa Cruz, CA
    5. Monterey, CA
    6. Jacksonville, FL
    7. St. Petersburg, FL
    8. Boston, MA
    9. Austin, TX
    10. Seattle, WA
      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2008/12/30/my-year-in-cities-2008/feed/ 0       Check out my Instructable on glass table ‘etching’ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/06/check-out-my-instructable-on-glass-table-etching/ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/06/check-out-my-instructable-on-glass-table-etching/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:02:49 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/?p=156 It’s posted over at Instructables.com

      Learn how to make this:

      Hand Etched

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/06/check-out-my-instructable-on-glass-table-etching/feed/ 0       Dean Kamen == Tony Stark http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/02/dean-kamen-tony-stark/ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/02/dean-kamen-tony-stark/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:44:47 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/?p=155 Seriously this guy is amazing, scientist, inventor, all around awesome.

      Didn’t we see this technology in the original star wars when they rebuilt Luke’s hand?

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2008/07/02/dean-kamen-tony-stark/feed/ 0       Couch Number 3 http://bigbadcode.com/2008/05/09/couch-number-3/ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/05/09/couch-number-3/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:43 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/?p=153 Will the dogs eat it?

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2008/05/09/couch-number-3/feed/ 0       It’s not code, it’s Fire! http://bigbadcode.com/2008/03/21/its-not-code-its-fire/ http://bigbadcode.com/2008/03/21/its-not-code-its-fire/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:25:32 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2008/03/21/its-not-code-its-fire/ Well it’s not strictly code related but it happened at SxSw so I figured it warranted a mention.
      During the rocking Frog party at the Mexican Cultural Center we had some awesome fire dancers (Sage & Zarah) who were mesmerizing the crowd. They were kind enough to let me jump in for a quick spin at the end of their set. It had been some time since my last burn so I was definitely rusty, but I didn’t hit myself which is always good.

      The D.J. had to kill the music (because you can’t have outdoor music after 10:00PM!!) so I was left to spin music-less, the crowd helped by clapping a beat.



      Fire!

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2008/03/21/its-not-code-its-fire/feed/ 3       What are my dogs currently doing? http://bigbadcode.com/2007/12/19/what-are-my-dogs-currently-doing/ http://bigbadcode.com/2007/12/19/what-are-my-dogs-currently-doing/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:36:37 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2007/12/19/what-are-my-dogs-currently-doing/ Since my dogs ate my last couch, I needed a solution to make sure they didn’t eat the new one. A quick install of Skype and a cheap webcam in the living room now allow me to check in on them and if I see any couch eating I can yell at them to stop. The sound is piped through the home theater system left at an appropriately loud volume.

      Dogs on the Couch

      Here they are doing what they do best, sleeping.

      The trick to this setup is to just leave Skype set to auto answer in video mode.

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2007/12/19/what-are-my-dogs-currently-doing/feed/ 0       Twitter… http://bigbadcode.com/2007/09/12/twitter/ http://bigbadcode.com/2007/09/12/twitter/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:55:30 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2007/09/12/twitter/ My friend Sean says it best here

      To Recap:
      If you want to know what’s going on with me, it’s best to follow this link: My Twitter Stream.

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2007/09/12/twitter/feed/ 0       Heading to the Maker Faire this weekend. http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/17/heading-to-the-maker-faire-this-weekend/ http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/17/heading-to-the-maker-faire-this-weekend/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 20:50:56 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/17/heading-to-the-maker-faire-this-weekend/ I can’t friggen wait!

      Someone’s building a human size version of the old board game mousetrap:

      Note: The above picture is a giant nose picker, not mousetrap

      And robots. Hopefully robotic dogs too, I love those.

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/17/heading-to-the-maker-faire-this-weekend/feed/ 0       I’ve got some new pics up at noirsects.com http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/15/ive-got-some-new-pics-up-at-noirsectscom/ http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/15/ive-got-some-new-pics-up-at-noirsectscom/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 21:48:45 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/15/ive-got-some-new-pics-up-at-noirsectscom/ Check em out.

      spider.jpg

      ]]>       http://bigbadcode.com/2007/05/15/ive-got-some-new-pics-up-at-noirsectscom/feed/ 0       NoirSects.com http://bigbadcode.com/2007/04/09/noirsectscom/ http://bigbadcode.com/2007/04/09/noirsectscom/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:47:37 +0000 jbloom http://bigbadcode.com/2007/04/09/noirsectscom/ I wanted to let everyone know about a new website I’ve created called NoirSects.com

      NoirSects

      The site features noir style photographs of insects. The first 3 pictures up there are mine, but the site is open to all interested photographers. To get your photos shown on noirsects.com all you need to do is join the flickr group and add your photos to the group. They’ll show up automatically on the webpage.

      Thanks to Lucas J. Shuman for creating fjs a Javascript library for displaying flickr photos. Open source is great, I can go from thinking about something like NoirSects.com to having a working version in very short time, thanks to people who publish their code for re-use.

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